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Chalton Lower School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Community school
Luton Road, Chalton, Luton LU4 9UJ · chaltonlower.co.uk · 01525 872354
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 65
- 87% of 75 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.2%
- First language not English
- 20%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Chalton Lower School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 4 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 24
- 36% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied